No Guts No Glory

Core of the Crew

Marcia, Rosemary, Herb, et moi

This is the second installment of the Garden Apartment project that I worked on this summer with Marcia Smith. It is featured in the current Nov./Dec. issue of At Home magazine on stands now! Check it out at:  

http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-AT-HOME/November-December-2011/Act-Three-The-Repertory-Theatre-Apartments-Go-Through-the-Final-Phase-of-Transformation/

Dining Area before

Dining Area after

"Bouquet"

latex on canvas

2011

Renee Flanders

Kitchen before

Kitchen during

Kitchen after

What actor wouldn't feel comfortable in this "Black Box Theatre"?

I'm a hands-on designer who's not shy with a mop, broom or vacuum!
Whether it's walls or canvases that need painting; I can do!

Bathroom before...

Bathroom during surgery


This is the part about the guts...

Bathroom after

The coil wire mesh shower curtain (aluminum) was donated by one of my clients who is converting to a shower only project.  It is a show stopper that looks like chain mail and is very sexy.

Bathroom after

Quelle difference!

Bedroom before

 Hazards of the profession: I bonked my head on the bed while flipping it...

Bedroom after 


Time to put on your costume - it's show time!

Bedroom after

Our friend Crista Carr Shatz painted silver dots on an Ikea chair to liven things up.

Showhouses of any sort are great for knocking off a few pounds.  When is there any time to eat?

Bedroom after

We painted the wall with chalk board paint and chalked on the "Z's" to lull the actors to sleep.

Job well done; it's time to go home. 

Chalkboards

A cold, blustery night did not prevent me from attending an opening at The Kranzberg Arts Center celebrating the opening Tim Curtis' new work. Tim and I harken back to the halcyon days of Fortune Interiors, a subsidiary of the then Mark Twain Bancshares. We were a group of artists engaged by the Chairman of the Board, Adam Aronson, to design, fabricate, and install the banks' interior design. Not unlike a Medici-like patronage, our artwork was bought by the banks and installed in them. To step foot into a Mark Twain Bank was an unforgettable experience and set the standard for aesthetic excellence in commercial interiors. Another colleague from the days of yore was also in attendance, John Foster.

There were hundreds of chalkboards with Tim's writings. Of course, he had fabricated the framed chalkboards himself. In talking with him, I learned that he is working on an MFA in Creative Writing. It seems to dovetail perfectly with his long, illustrious career as a sculptor. Learn more about Tim on his website TimCurtis.com.

I've long been a fan of chalkboards. I like to use chalkboard paint particularly in kitchens and children's rooms for spontaneous notes and drawings.

Why frame yourself in? Cover the entire wall, woodwork, too, for a super-sized personalized sketchbook page that is sure to have graphic appeal to all!